"Dear Rep. Alcee Hastings,
My name is Rafael Ramos and I am a student. As a young teen, I have seen many of my fellows struggle. Yet many youth in our nation are struggling, as many as three million youth runaway or end up in a homeless situation each year. These numbers are shocking to me as I am sure they are shocking to you. As a citizen of this great nation I am shocked every time I turn on the television to find our nation is helping thousands of people every where else on this planet yet they fail to put our own first. Are we a nation that puts our citizens second? Please, I urge you to co-sponsor the Place to Call Home Act, H.R. 3409 which will finally end youth homelessness. Think of the brighter future and how this can be the new foundation for helping all people in homeless situations. Several Members of Congress have already joined H.R. 3409 to show their support for our nation's homeless youth. I hope you will join them as a co-sponsor in order to express that homelessness among our nation's youth is simply unacceptable."
--Rafael Ramos
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